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...planning, material shortages, short tempers and bad attitudes of union workers (see p. 71) had cut war production. A housing shortage forced some workers to live in tents, shacks and trailers. There was tragic, dirty confusion: in Macomb County, just north of the city, newly laid water mains were torn up to supply another area. Some 300 families of defense workers were forced to lug their water, some as far as three miles, from a public hydrant...
Perceiving their unique position as pacifists in a war-torn world, the men plan to record their reactions and opinions for future reference. Members are to contribute essays, articles, and copies of their filled-out draft forms to build up a collection which will be bound and placed in the Widener archives...
...added work and uncertain tenure, the class of '44 must make a decision in which time is the vital element. For the many Juniors already or soon to be caught before graduation by the draft, the Album will be available in February rather than June. Thus a war-torn class can still emerge with a class book. And a class book, even a joint effort such as this, is far better than none...
...track between Corinne and Lucin. There in 1869 the Gold Spike* (now in a San Francisco bank vault) was driven to mark the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. The track will be sold to the Navy as scrap, add to the 1,000 miles of rail tracks torn up for scrap in the U.S. in the last six months...
Grasshopper school is divided evenly into flying and maintenance. Every pilot must know how to stitch torn wing surfaces, splice struts, fix the carburetor. Grasshopping is tough on tiny planes...